I listen to a lot of stuff, but I preserve a special place in my list of stuff I hate for what I call overproduced pop pap. This is a handy category, since it not only covers things like Britney Spears, but also most modern country music. It also covers a fair amount of hip hop.

I have to admit, I wasn't as familiar with him when he and Warren Haynes were playing with the Allman Brothers at a concert I photographed a couple of years ago. I was primarily interested in Warren as I'm a huge Government Mule fan (If you like Derek Trucks, check out Gov't Mule as well).

Was in the mood for something a little different tonight so I hopped over to Amazon and looked through their free downloadable albums. Found this Indian music sampler . A nice little change for the night.

Was in the mood for something a little different tonight so I hopped over to Amazon and looked through their free downloadable albums. Found this Indian music sampler . A nice little change for the night.

I'm really liking the Gov't Mule samples. Reminds me of The Black Crows with just a touch of a heavier guitar sound. it's going on my shopping list.

I also liked many of the Indian Sampler tracks Grunt. Adding in a western drumbeat allows my brain to process the music that can otherwise be mysterious to me. Perhaps if I listened to hybrids like this enough I could appreciate true Indian music more.

Alas, I was once again foiled by your armed Internet border guards as Amazon would not let me download the free MP3s because I do not reside in the states. I'm sure I could probably get around it if I tried hard enough but it wouldn't be the proper use of my workplace resources.

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